Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.Quote by Samuel Johnson about nation, people
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.Quote by Samuel Johnson about man, being, people
The true art of memory is the art of attention.Quote by Samuel Johnson about art, magic, attention, memory
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.Quote by Samuel Johnson about measure, good, good luck, man
What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.Quote by Samuel Johnson
Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.Quote by Joseph Joubert about grace, beauty, feelings
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, good, good luck
A love will tell you they love you endlessly. A true love will tell everyone else they love you endlessly despite the embarrassment factor.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, the pessimist fears this is true.Quote by Edward A. Murphy
The true value of any rookie EMT, when expressed numerically, will always be a negative number. The value of this number may be found by simply having the rookie grade his or her ability on a scale from 1 to 10.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, value, numbers, ability
Gen. George Patton really did say that about pearl grips and it‘s true.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys
Having is not always as pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical but I have observed it to be true.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about things
I wanted it not to be true I wanted it not to be her plane I wanted it I wanted, if it was her plane, to have somehow survived because she was in the back of the airplane. But we know that doesn't happen, not with those sorts of things.Quote by Ted Olson about opinion, things
A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true, and this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems.Quote by George Oppen about character, reason
They are the only people in the world who I can truly trust and rely on. Touring gets really lonely. I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends.Quote by Kelly Osbourne about people, world
Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error.Quote by Robert Owen about religion, error